[11057] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DC fiber cut: field report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Balbach)
Fri Jul 18 19:03:22 1997
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 18:37:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Stephen Balbach <stephen@clark.net>
To: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
cc: Owen DeLong <owen@DeLong.SJ.CA.US>, "Dave O'Shea" <doshea@mail.wiltel.net>,
nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19970718173806.13735@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 18, 1997 at 11:59:11AM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
> > Gee, makes a good case for putting innerduct inside conduit and putting
> > gas through it just to discourage BIFF. :-)
>
> Am I the only one who's a cables and switches weenie enough to know
> that the telco's _already do this_? Large numbers of local multi-pair
The 144 fiber strand WorldCom cable between DC and NYC doesnt do this. It
carries Sprint, Cable and Wireless and a few other telco's as well.
--stb
